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Role of Women in Peace Process

Women are not only victims of conflicts but also effective peacemakers. They have played remarkable roles in many peace processes in number of conflict torn areas through novel initiatives.

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Role of Women in Peace Process

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  1. ROLE OF WOMEN IN PEACE PROCESS

  2. Prime Advocates In war-torn societies, women often keep societies going. They maintain the social fabric. They replace destroyed social services and tend to the sick and wounded. As a result, women are the prime advocates of peace. Former UN Secretary-General Mr. Kofi Annan

  3. Learning Outcomes • At the end of this session participants shall be able to : • Define Peace Process • Women in Socio-Political Perspective • Instruments for Eliminating SGBV • Possibilities of Involvement • Dimensions of Women Participation

  4. Try Yourself (Brainstorming) • What is Peace Process? • What are the techniques of conflict resolution? • What are the potentials of women to influence peace and security? • Why women are effective force to create changes? • Site a few examples of women’s participation in societal changes • Discuss women’s role in establishing peace and security

  5. What is Peace Process?

  6. Conflict Resolution Activities • Phases AT A GLANCE

  7. Negotiation Conflict Resolution Activities • Techniques • Mediation AT A GLANCE • Adjudication • Conflict Resolution • Arbitration

  8. Women in Socio-Economic Perspective • Gender Discrimination AT A GLANCE • Domination by patriarchal society • Lesser access to Human Rights and Justice • Deprivation from responsibilities and opportunities • Victimization by GBV • Lesser access to income and decision-making • Socio-cultural norms, traditions, perceptions and stereotypes about femininity (infanticide, FGM etc)

  9. Women in Conflict Situation • Primary Targets AT A GLANCE • Women and girls are abducted and raped and used as sexual slaves and bush wives • Women and children constitute the majority of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) • Exposure to sexually transmitted diseases • Unwanted pregnancy • Community rejection

  10. Women in Conflict Situation • Primary Targets AT A GLANCE • 94% of displaced households surveyed in Sierra Leone reported incidents of sexual assault, including rape, torture, and sexual slavery • In Guatemala, a 1982 study of refugee women found that their most overwhelming fear was of being raped

  11. Possibilities of Involvement • SC Res 1325 • Resolution 1325 provides women all over the world with a tool to increase their involvement in conflict prevention, conflict resolution and peace building • It urges Member States and the United Nations to include more women at all decision-making levels in conflict resolution and peace processes • It also urges the Secretary-General to appoint more women as special representatives and envoys to pursue good offices on his behalf DEFINITION

  12. Women are Powerful Force for Peace • Women Bridge Divides between Unlikely Groups • In Colombia in 2002, women’s groups united across the ideological spectrum and responded with a protest that mobilized 40,000 marchers against the war when the government broke off formal negotiations with the rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and began a major armed offensive WHY WOMEN? • In Liberia, LeymahGbowee and others organized Christian and Muslim women who, together, pressured warring parties into the 2002 negotiations that ultimately ended years of horrific war

  13. Women are Powerful Force for Peace • Women Have a Unique Understanding • of Community Needs • In the negotiations leading to the May 2006 Darfur (Sudan) Peace Agreement, women delegates pushed for previously neglected provisions addressing safety for internally displaced persons and refugees, food security, and gender-based violence WHY WOMEN? • “Not only did this women’s voices on the hard issues of war and peace, but it also meant that issues [such] as internal displacement, sexual violence, abuses by government and rebel security forces, and the rebuilding of social services such as maternal health care and girls’ education….” – Former US Ambassador to Angola Donald Steinberg

  14. Women are Powerful Force for Peace • Women Have Access that Men Don’t • In Somalia, for example, women are able to move physically between clans with a freedom that men do not have. During conflict, these Somali women have sometimes served as first-line diplomats and mediators. WHY WOMEN? • Uganda’s Betty Bigombe secured unprecedented access to the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony in the 1990s, she risked death and kidnapping to negotiate with Kony to try to convince the guerillas to lay down their arms.

  15. Women are Powerful Force for Peace • Women Have Untapped Power • In Pakistan, members of a coalition of women focused on moderating extremism and use to travel regularly to remote areas of the country to persuade young men against becoming suicide bombers • In Afghanistan, women report having the most to lose if the Taliban should reclaim power. This makes them natural allies of NATO forces in the effort to stabilize insecure areas and strengthen the central government and civil society • After the 1994 genocide in Rwanda women’s involvement helped ease the challenging period of political transition when trust in new procedures and officials was needed WHY WOMEN?

  16. Women are Powerful Force for Peace • Women Increase the Operational Effectiveness • of Police and Military Forces • Female police, border guards, and military officers can also perform critical duties that may be difficult for men for cultural reasons, such as searching women at security checkpoints WHY WOMEN? • They can learn about the nature and extent of gang violence and recruitment, human trafficking, intimidation and extortion by organized crime, drug use in schools, and much more • Increasing the number of women police • officers also improves responses to crimes • involving domestic and sexual violence

  17. Women are Powerful Force for Peace • Women Inspire a Culture of Inclusion • for the Next Generation • Research finds that when more women enter politics, girls have greater aspirations for their own futures and their parents are more willing to support their access to education and employment WHY WOMEN? • In Rwanda and South Africa, women have led campaigns to consult with the public on matters ranging from constitutional reform to peace negotiations. The insights of diverse constituents and civil society’s participation promoted the practice of civic engagement that builds solid democracies

  18. Women, Peace and Security • Cross Cutting Issue PARTICIPATION

  19. OPEN FORUM

  20. Thank You

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